To walk down the street in Taipei is to subject yourself to a barrage of noise. Signs, banners, billboards, advertisements, and warnings, all vying for your attention and urging you to buy, spend, eat, drink, play, love, be, do. Daytime screams with logos and slogans plastered on every available space. Nighttime glows neon with overwrought [...]
Taipei is home to nearly 7 million people. Though the majority is ethnic Chinese and Taiwanese, world-class universities, business, and tech industries have attracted a large number of westerners as well. Canadian Chris McKenzie recognizes the need and opportunity for ministry to these internationals. His church, the Pearl, could easily be mistaken for an emerging [...]
One thing we often talk about is intentionality. While we firmly believe that the expansion of the Kingdom is something God does, we don’t believe that Christians can afford to be “accidental” about church planting and evangelism. In this interview with Ed Stetzer, “Garth,” a worker in Taiwan, explains the intentionality needed for ministry here. [...]
Ray Chang is pastor of Ambassador Church, a multi-ethnic church in Los Angeles. His church thinks and acts like a missionary where they are, and they’re looking for opportunities for engagement overseas. But Pastor Ray isn’t starting by looking for need (that’s everywhere) or opportunity (also everywhere), he’s prayerfully looking at what God is doing [...]
Marshall Dallas is on staff at megachurch Second Baptist in Houston, TX. Though Second has a long tradition and a significant amount of resources, Marshall is seeing to it that the college group at the North campus acts and thinks like a small missional community. The month-old group, called Underground, is exploring ways to be [...]
Yesterday we were able to visit a Taoist temple in the heart of Taipei. It was a surreal experience to make our way through the crowded, incense-filled temple as people prostrated themselves, lit candles, read prayers, and threw moon-shaped divination blocks. The mood was somber and reverent, but the activity was frenzied and chaotic. Worshipers [...]
The Upstream Collective’s Jet Set vision trip continues to be a great adventure. Be sure you’re following along with the blogging members of the group: Rodney Calfee is pastor of The Downtown Church in Birmingham, AL. We met Rodney a few weeks ago while we were in town talking with Developing Churches Network about Europe. [...]
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